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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning in Math

This document contains a math activity with several problems involving inductive/deductive reasoning, Polya's problem solving strategy, and problem solving with patterns. The inductive/deductive reasoning problems involve using data about tsunami velocities and heights to determine relationships. Polya's strategy is applied to problems about house numbers containing 7s and determining if a college has enough paper for registration. Finally, difference tables and explicit formulas are used to generate terms in patterns.

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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning in Math

This document contains a math activity with several problems involving inductive/deductive reasoning, Polya's problem solving strategy, and problem solving with patterns. The inductive/deductive reasoning problems involve using data about tsunami velocities and heights to determine relationships. Polya's strategy is applied to problems about house numbers containing 7s and determining if a college has enough paper for registration. Finally, difference tables and explicit formulas are used to generate terms in patterns.

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Math in the Modern World – Activity 8

Name: __________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Course/Year/Section: _________________________________

I. Inductive/ Deductive Reasoning


1. A tsunami is a sea wave produced by an underwater earthquake. The height of a
tsunami as it approaches land depends on the velocity of the tsunami. Use the table
and inductive reasoning to answer the following:
a. What happens to the height of a tsunami when it its velocity is doubled?
b. What should be the height of a tsunami if its velocity is 30 feet per second?
c. What is the velocity if the height of a tsunami is 144 feet?

Velocity of tsunami, in Height of tsunami, in


feet per second feet

6 4

9 9

12 16

15 25

18 36

21 49

24 64

2. Consider this mathematical sequence of operations, construct a proof using deductive


reasoning.

Input a number:
Add 7:
Multiply the result by 6:
Subtract 18 from the previous result:
Divide by 2:
Output the number

What number would you have to use as input if you wanted 39 as the output?
II. Polya’s Problem Solving Strategy

Use Polya’s 4 steps: Understand the problem; Devise a plan; Carry out the plan; and Review
the solutions, to answer the following non-routine problems.

1. The houses on Main Street are numbered consecutively from 1 to 150. How many
house numbers contain at least one digit 7?

2. Producing flyer’s for the college registration on enrolment requires 20,456 sheets of
paper. If the college buys 42 reams of paper and there are 500 sheets in a ream. Does
the college have enough paper for the registration form?

III. Problem Solving with Patterns

1. Use a difference table to predict the next term in the sequence:

a. 1, 14, 51, 124, 245, 426, …

b. 9, 4, 3, 12, 37, 84, …

2. Use the given nth – term formula to compute the first 5 terms of the sequence.
𝑛(2𝑛+1)
a. 𝑎𝑛 = 2

n
an =
b. n +1

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